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Saturday Cinema

Foreign Films

Foreign Films

This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema, with host Lynne Warfel, features music from classic foreign films including La Dolce Vida, Amelie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and more. Listen now and see the playlist below!

Playlist

Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme
Ennio Morricone (Composer)
Nikoloz Rachveli (Conductor)
City Lights (Album)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Lisa Batiashvili, Violin (Soloist)
Duration: 4:21

Day for Night: Chorale
Georges Delerue (Composer)
Hugh Wolff (Conductor)
Music from the Films of Francois Truffaut (Album)
London Sinfonietta (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 2:14

Amarcord
Nino Rota (Composer)
Derek Wadsworth (Conductor)
The Symphonic Fellini/Rota (Album)
Czech Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 5:11

La Dolce Vita
Nino Rota (Composer)
Riccardo Muti (Conductor)
Nino Rota: Music for Film (Album)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 1:49

Il Postino: Main Theme
Luis Bacalov (Composer)
John Williams (Conductor)
Cinema Serenade (Album)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Itzhak Perlman, Violin (Soloist)
Duration: 3:46

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Ennio Morricone (Composer)
Paul Bateman (Conductor)
Cinema Paradiso: The Classic Film Music of Ennio Morricone (Album)
Prague Philharmonic (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Duration: 2:56

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow
Tan Dun (Composer)
Tan Dun & Chen Xie Yang (Conductor)
The Essential Yo-Yo Ma (Album)
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello (Soloist)
Duration: 2:58

Princess Mononoke: Suite
Joe Hisaishi (Composer)
Dream Songs (Album)
Studio Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Joe Hisaishi, Piano (Soloist)
Duration: 8:33

Amelie: Medley
Yann Tiersen (Composer)
Stephane Deneve (Conductor)
Cinema (Album)
Brussels Philharmonic (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Renaud Capucon, Violin (Soloist)
Duration: 3:54

Cinema Paradiso
Ennio Morricone (Composer)
John Mauceri (Conductor)
Always and Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs (Album)
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)
Gil Shaham, Violin (Soloist)
Duration: 7:46

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: I Will Wait for You
Michel Legrand (Composer)
Lucky to be Me (Album)
Jessye Norman, Soprano (Soloist)
Duration: 3:57

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